Some letters seized from Schabir Shaik's Nkobi group of
companies appeared to have been created at Nkobi even though they were written
in the name of senior figures in the African National Congress, the Shaik fraud
and corruption trial heard on Friday.

Forensic auditor Johan van der Walt was in the witness box for a
second day, guiding the court through more than 20 files of documents related to
Nkobi, its business partners and figures targeted in a Scorpions' investigation.

He said one of these letters was written in the name of then ANC
treasurer general Makhenkisi Stofile but not signed by him.

Dated May 9, 1995, it was addressed to the executive chairman of
the Malaysian Renong group and indicated that Stofile would be going to Malaysia
later that month and that he wanted to meet the country's prime minister and
minister of defence.

Van der Walt earlier pointed out a similar unsigned letter also
found on the file in the name of a senior ANC official in KwaZulu-Natal,
acknowledging - on behalf of the organisation - the receipt of a dividend from
Nkobi.

The court started 20 minutes later than scheduled on Friday
after what prosecutor Billy Downer described as "a security problem".

The court is checked daily for explosives by sniffer dogs but on
Friday an animal was still in the court when proceedings were due to start at
9.30am.

Scorpions spokesperson Sipho Ngwema said the delay was caused by
sniffer dogs reacting to the same spot, but nothing was found.